the evidence destroyed. all of this has been kept secret now for 18 years. cnn s susan candiotti following the story for us. susan, explain what has been found here. this is potentially very explosive. yes, don. did philadelphia s former roman catholic cardinal anthony bevilaqua order his staff to deep six evidence about abusive priests? a 1994 memo surfaced that appears to make that claim. it s a handwritten note on a memo that, according to court documents, lists the names of 35 priests the church suspected of sex abuse. a bishop writes this, i shredded four copies of these lists from the secret archives and lists four people including his boss, the cardinal adding this action was taken on the basis of a directive i received from cardinal bevilaqua at the directors meeting of 3/15/94. bevilaqua died last night. paul kcallan speaks. it s a shocking indictment of the highest ranking people in the roman catholic church in the united states. that memo is now evidence
and i m richelle carey in for fredricka whitfield. fury in the streets of afghanistan today. this anti-american demonstration started calmly, turned violent. one person killed. several u.s. troops were hurt in an explosion in small arms fire outside of an american base. meanwhile, afghan police are looking for the man who killed two u.s. officers in afghanistan yesterday. investigators know who he is. they say he works at the interior ministry. the syrian government says a referendum people are voting on today is aimed at changing the institution and shows a step toward ending the deadly conflict. well, that hasn t stopped armed groups and security forces from battling today in homs and damascus and hama. across syria, at least 45 people were killed today. cnn s michael homes is watching developments in syria from beirut. us thats m thousands more syrians died. violence and anti-government protests in city from the south to the north. but many of the victims, again, i
visited the white house website. they shared how losing the tax cut would have impacted their daily lives. so congress did the right thing here. they listened to the voices of the american people. each side made a few compromises. we passed some important reforms to help turn unemployment insurance into reemployment insurance, so that more people get training and the skills they need to get back in a job. the president has promised to sign the bill into law when it hits his desk a little later on this week. the arizona sheriff who was publicly outed by an ex-gay lover and then went ahead and quick the mitt romney arizona campaign says he is not a hypocrite. during an interview with wolf blitzer, paul babeu says the scandal is a smear campaign meant to derail his gop congressional bid. this is outrageous that this has been brought up because i m a conservative republican and now they think that somehow there s hypocrisy because i m gay. i ve never worn it on my sleeve,
he now acknowledges that he is gay but denies the other allegations. we ll talk to the reporter for the phoenix new times to talk about this story. iranian officials over nuclear program, iran s foreign minister is now saying he expects relations with europe to improve one day after iran cut crude exports to the uk and france because of sanctions. the iaea wants to clear the military program. back in november, the u.n. watch dog program carried out weapons-related research. iran needs to dis-prove the allegation. a washington skier is describing her terror. she knew two of the three skiers killed yesterday. on the today show she described what it was like to see an avalanche coming towards her. there wasn t much sound and it literally is just trying to figure out within seconds what is happening and how you re going to deal with it. there s not a lot of happen. it happens really, really fast. a backpack outfitted with an air bag saved her life. and now to the re
charges in egypt s crack down on non-governmental organizations. the trial is set to begin on sunday. this video from syria is said to show men rushing into a burning house to save a child in the city of homs. cnn can t confirm the you authentici authenticity, rebel commander calls the uprising an orphan revolution without the international support given to other revotes. an advisor said it s premature to decide to help armed the rebels. rick santorum surging to a lead over mitt romney. ahead by eight points, five point drop for romney, five point jump for santorum since last wednesday. just before the arizona primary, all four candidates meet in arizona, republican presidential debate, moderated by our own john king, that is coming up wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. in washington state, an avalanche kills three skiers in the cascade mountains. police say 12 skiers got caught in the snow slide, but the other nine dug themselves out. a deputy tells us that one of the s